# Ancient Cave Art Full of Teenage Graffiti | Live Science **Covers**:: **Source**:: [Ancient Cave Art Full of Teenage Graffiti | Live Science](https://livescience.com/7028-ancient-cave-art-full-teenage-graffiti.html) **Creator**:: [[Bjorn Carey]] # Highlights ##### ^285753076 Goto: https://livescience.com/7028-ancient-cave-art-full-teenage-graffiti.html?__readwiseLocation=0%2F3%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A0%2C0%2F3%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A197#:~:text=Many%20art%20historians%20and%20anthropologists%2Cscenes%20of%20sex%20and%20hunting. ###### ^285753076q Many art historians and anthropologists believe Paleolithic cave wall art was done by accomplished shaman-artists, but mixed in with the finer paintings are graffiti-like scenes of sex and hunting. ^285753076 ##### ^285756643 Goto: https://livescience.com/7028-ancient-cave-art-full-teenage-graffiti.html?__readwiseLocation=0%2F12%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A0%2C0%2F12%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A279#:~:text=Men%20and%20women%20have%20different%2Cdetermined%20just%20who%20painted%20what. ###### ^285756643q Men and women have different hand proportions—men have thicker thumbs and palms—so by analyzing the dimensions of the hands in European cave art, and comparing them to 1,000 photocopies of modern hands of men and women of different ages, Guthrie determined just who painted what. ^285756643 ##### ^285756251 Goto: https://livescience.com/7028-ancient-cave-art-full-teenage-graffiti.html?__readwiseLocation=0%2F14%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A0%2C0%2F14%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A134#:~:text=Men%20and%20women%20and%20boys%2Cdominated%2C%20contrary%20to%20popular%20belief. ###### ^285756251q Men and women and boys and girls of all ages left their marks but, statistically, teenage males dominated, contrary to popular belief. ^285756251 ##### ^285759747 Goto: https://livescience.com/7028-ancient-cave-art-full-teenage-graffiti.html?__readwiseLocation=0%2F17%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A0%2C2%2F17%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A99#:~:text=%22Lots%20of%20the%20wild%20animals%2Cwhat%20was%20on%20their%20minds.%22 ###### ^285759747q "Lots of the wild animals in the caves have spears in them and blood coming out of their mouths and everything that a hunter would be familiar with," Guthrie told *LiveScience*. "These were the Ferraris and football games of their time. They painted what was on their minds." ^285759747 ##### ^285759909 Goto: https://livescience.com/7028-ancient-cave-art-full-teenage-graffiti.html?__readwiseLocation=0%2F19%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A0%2C0%2F19%2F5%2F3%2F7%2F16%3A160#:~:text=%22In%20the%20graffiti%2C%20there%20is%2Cone%20has%20any%20clothes%20on.%22 ###### ^285759909q "In the graffiti, there is a lot of below-the-belt-art," Guthrie said. "The people in the art are predominantly women, and not a single one has any clothes on." ^285759909